We resolve the fate of the two original apparent horizons during the head-on merger of two non-spinning black holes, showing that these horizons exist for a finite amount of time before they individually turn around and move backward in time. This completes the understanding of the pair of pants diagram for the apparent horizon. Our result is facilitated by a new method for locating marginally outer trapped surfaces (MOTSs) based on a generalized shooting method. We also discuss the role played by the MOTS stability operator in discerning which among a multitude of MOTSs should be considered as black hole boundaries.
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